Goals

As the FPL

Work with the Fedora Program Manager (JohnPoelstra), Fedora Engineering Manager (TomCallaway), and the CommunityArchitecture team to make sure that Fedora is making constant, substantial progress in its mission to advance free and open source software.

Chair the Fedora Project Board, and ensure that the Board is effectively advising and guiding the Fedora Project where needed.

Be an effective bridge between the external volunteer contributor base and the contributor community inside Red Hat, such as RHEL engineers.

Lower contributor barriers to the absolute minimum, and encourage others to get involved in FOSS through Fedora.

As a Contributor

Provide top-tier quality documentation for Fedora products.

Provide the odd low-maintenance package such as non-critical add-ons, where my programming skill (or lack thereof) is not a limiting factor.

Strive to provide a good example of dealing with other people in a constructive, friendly way at all times.

Historical Qualifications

The Fedora Project was my first work as an open-source contributor.

I have used Linux since 1997, Red Hat Linux 4.1 (Vanderbilt), and have used every Red Hat and Fedora distribution since. I am comfortable with most aspects of system administration, and fellow sysadmins in my previous jobs often came to me with questions. On the other hand, through working in Fedora I've met truly gifted sysadmins who make my work look pretty shoddy by comparison.

I have taught Linux to literally thousands of seminar attendees and classroom students (working professionals, mainly) using these products.

I work on the Fedora Documentation Project, and they seem to trust me.